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'Stop the Steal' organizer Ali Alexander says 3 GOP congressmen helped him plan the rally that preceded the storming of the Capitol
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Ali Alexander, the organizer behind the "Stop the Steal" movement, said three Republican congressmen helped him plan the January 6 rally that preceded the armed insurrection at the Capitol that left five dead.
Alexander said Reps. Andy Biggs, Mo Brooks, and Paul Gosar helped him plan the event that occurred as Congress was getting ready to certify the electoral vote for President-elect Joe Biden, The Washington Post reported.
"We four schemed up of putting maximum pressure on Congress while they were voting," Alexander said in a since-deleted Periscope video.
He added to The Post that the plan was to "change the hearts and the minds of Republicans who were in that body, hearing our loud roar from outside."
A spokeswoman for Gosar told Insider: "The Congressman has no comment at this time."
Daniel Stefanski, spokesperson for Rep. Andy Biggs told Insider that Alexander's claims were "absolutely false."
"Congressman Biggs is not aware of hearing of or meeting Mr. Alexander at any point — let alone working with him to organize some part of a planned protest on January 6. He did not have any contact with protesters or rioters, nor did he ever encourage or foster the rally or protests on January 6," Stefanski said.
Insider could not reach Brooks for comment at the time of publication, but in an official statement from his office said he did not know that the siege on the Capitol would occur after he spoke at a rally preceding it.
"Further, I spoke very early in the political rally. There was music, there was my speech, there was more music, then there was some number of speakers, then a couple hours or so later, President Trump began speaking," Brooks said.
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"I ask this question, if my remarks were as inspirational as the Socialist Democrats and their Fake News Media allies want the public to believe, why didn't the Trump rally participants, after my remarks, immediately get up and storm the Capitol?" the statement said.
On January 6, Trump supporters breached the US Capitol and clashed with law enforcement halting the joint session of Congress as lawmakers were debating challenges to electoral votes ahead of certifying Biden's election. Five people died, including a Capitol Police officer and a woman who was shot by law enforcement.
One week later, The House of Representatives impeached President Donald Trump for "incitement of insurrection," for his role in the armed insurrection.
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Trump had previously made false and baseless accusations of voter fraud and made false assertions that Vice President Mike Pence, who oversaw the certification process in the joint session of Congress, could "decertify" the votes and give him a second term.
Other Republicans, including Biggs, Brooks, and Gosar, have also come under scrutiny for their language in perpetuating Trump's false narrative.
The Daily Beast reported that Alexander, a …read more
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State backs UQ researchers to create change
Professor Robyn Ward
Researchers from The University of Queensland's Faculty of Medicine are celebrating success in the Queensland Government's Advance Queensland Fellowships scheme.
Three early-career researchers and one mid-career researcher from the Faculty received a combined $840,000 in fellowship funding.
Acting Executive Dean Professor Robyn Ward said she was delighted to see such significant support for researchers working to create positive change in health and medicine.
"These projects are as diverse as using artificial intelligence to repurpose drugs to expanding early detection of cerebral palsy," Professor Ward said.
Deputy Premier Jackie Trad said the research would benefit Queensland and have global impact.
"We are supporting researchers from across the state who are collaborating with industry to give them a vital boost to ensure their significant research can translate into practical outcomes," she said.
"Not only do we want to create jobs and boost commercialisation opportunities in Queensland, but we want to improve the lives of Queenslanders – and there is real potential to do that."
Advance Queensland Research Fellowships are for PhD-qualified researchers undertaking original research that will benefit Queensland.
Mid-Career Fellowships are worth $300,000 over three years, and Early-Career Fellowships are worth $180,000 over three years.
Mid-Career Fellowship recipient:
Dr Richard Gordon, School of Biomedical Sciences, Drug repurposing for neurodegeneration using artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Early-Career Fellowship recipients:
Dr Lee Barber, Child Health Research Centre, CP muscle-movement toolbox: expand early detection of cerebral palsy.
Dr Steve Mehrkanoon, UQ Centre for Clinical Research, The early diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disabilities using integrated bioengineering technology.
Dr Kelvin Tuong, UQ Diamantina Institute, Approaching antigen-presenting cell immunotherapy for cervical cancer using single-cell transcriptomics.
Details of other UQ researchers awarded Advance Queensland fellowships and scholarships can be found here.
Media: Kim Lyell, k.lyell@uq.edu.au, 0427 530647.
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Police: Man dies after attacking immigration prison
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A man armed with a rifle threw incendiary devices at an immigration jail in Washington state early Saturday morning, then was found dead after four police officers arrived and opened fire, authorities said.
The Tacoma Police Department said the officers responded at about 4 a.m. to the privately run Tacoma Northwest Detention Center, a U.S. Department of Homeland Security detention facility that holds migrants pending deportation proceedings. The detention center has also held immigration-seeking parents separated from their children under President Donald Trump's "zero tolerance" policy, an effort meant to deter illegal immigration.
The shooting took place about six hours after a peaceful rally in front of the detention center, police spokesman Loretta Cool said. She said another rally was planned for later Saturday, but it would have to be held in a different area because of the investigation into the police shooting.
Police said the man caused a vehicle to catch fire and that he attempted to ignite a large propane tank and set buildings on fire. Police said that besides the rifle, he had a satchel and flares.
Police said officers called out to the man, and shots were fired.
Cool said all four officers fired their weapons, but she didn't have specific details of what took place. She said the officers weren't wearing body cameras, but the area is covered by surveillance cameras from the detention center. She said she didn't know if the man fired at the officers.
After the gunfire, officers took cover, contained the area and set up medical aid a short distance away, police said.
Officers then located the man and determined he had been shot and was dead at the scene. His name hasn't been released.
Authorities say investigators are processing the scene and police are continuing to investigate. No law enforcement officers were injured. The four Tacoma police officers who fired their weapons have been placed on paid administrative leave as is standard in officer-involved shootings.
A motive for the man's actions hasn't been determined, Cool said.
GEO Group, which runs the 1,575-bed Northwest Detention Center, in an email to The Associated Press said baseless accusations about how detainees are treated at its facilities "have led to misplaced aggression and a dangerous environment for our employees, whose safety is our top priority. Violence of any kind against our employees and property will not be tolerated. We are thankful for the quick and brave action by the Tacoma Police Department, which prevented innocent lives from being endangered."
GEO Group said the detention center in Tacoma has modern amenities with air conditioning, recreational activities, a bed for every individual and medical care available at all hours.
Last year, a federal judge ruled that Washington state could pursue its lawsuit seeking to force GEO Group to pay minimum wage for work done by detainees at the detention center.
In November, a Russian asylum-seeker who conducted a hunger strike to protest the conditions at the detention center died by suicide, the Pierce County Medical Examiner's Office ruled.
Mergensana Amar, 40, was taken off life support after attempting to kill himself while in voluntary protective custody at the detention center on Nov. 15, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said.


Tonight's Flash Fiction story–90 minutes from the reveal of the theme word(s) to posting. I liked this one but it got mixed reviews, especially the ending. Oh well, can't please everyone.
My wedding was in a month and I still hadn't found the perfect dress. Now I don't like to say I'm picky but in this case I definitely was. I went to bridal shop after bridal shop. I read through all the latest Bridal magazines. I even looked at the pattern books but nothing spoke to me. And now time was running out.
"Well what about that ivory one at Julian Formalwear?" she suggested not so helpfully.
"You know that's not a bad idea," I said, with the first bit of enthusiasm I'd felt since I got engaged.
My mother's face bore the lines of worry initiated when I'd turned thirty and still didn't have a "beau" as she called it. They grew a little deeper each year until at the ripe old age of thirty-two, I found the man of my dreams, Sheldon. Oh I know she and everyone else was probably thinking, "Sheldon? How could any man named Sheldon be the man of Samantha's dreams?" I'm sure that they thought I was settling then, that my biological clock had made me relax my standards. But they were so very wrong then and they were wrong about the wedding dress too. I knew it was out there and that I'd find it.
"I'm going to that little second hand consignment store on the corner called 'Victoria's Recycled Secret'.
"Oh, good Lord, Sam, you can't be serious," scoffed my mother. My sister Tish joined in with her and also pooh-pooh'ed the idea.
"I know and that's why it's so perfect," I exclaimed.
My mother and Tish regarded me and then each other with a not so subtle exchange passing between them.
The next day I went to Victoria's. The proprietress greeted me warmly at the door.
"Oh, yes you do, don't you? And a very special one too, I'll bet." She beamed at me and I felt very much at ease with her. "My name is Samantha," she said as she beckoned for me to follow her to one of the back rooms.
"My name is Samantha too. How about that for a coincidence?" I said. I knew I had been right to come here.
Samantha walked straight to the most beautiful gown I had ever seen.
"Oh my! Can I try it on?" I asked, giddy with anticipation.
I slipped it on over my head and Samantha helped me with all the buttons. She stood behind me as I looked at myself in the mirror. I don't know who had more tears in her eyes, me or her. We both gazed at my reflection and nodded, in perfect synchronization.
"You look breathtaking in this dress," she gushed and I knew she was sincere and not just angling for a sale.
"I know," I said, all modesty aside. I had to have it. It was the perfect dress.
"How much do you have in your wallet? I only take cash, you see," she said.
I panicked. I never carried much cash. This was a credit card world. But I pulled out my wallet and peered inside. To my horror I realized I only had $6.76.
"Uh, could you hold it for me? I only have $6.76 cash." I almost felt like crying.
"You can take it with you. I'll sell it to you for $6.76," she said with a huge smile on her face.
"Are you serious?" I couldn't believe my good fortune.
"Yes, of course. But I do have one condition," she said with a twinkle in her eye.
"Deal!" I said and she wrapped it up. I didn't want to mull over her strange and morbid condition because it seemed so out there.
I knew it too as I skipped out of the shop with the perfect dress for my perfect day.


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Listen: Twenty One Days, Twenty One Day discussed on This Unmillennial Life
"Had created a twenty one day. Course, it's called make healthy habit. Twenty one days to better sleep. And of course, that people can watch the comfort of their own home where we really talk through all of the benefits of leap and somebody's like, oh, well, why would you start there? Like isn't. We all know that leap is good for us. But I've got to be honest. You know, before I really started reading all the research on sleep. I thought it was like something that was nice but not necessary. And then I was like, oh, wait what like this matter in this matter, and it's going to increase my risk for cancer and heart attacks and stroke, and all these sorts of things, and I started reading more and more on not only the health implications. But then also like factors like when we're we're even just sleep deprived by a single night or single our in one night that that can actually reduce our immune cells in our function. So we're more likely to get sick. Or that it reduces our likeability, and we can all probably. Late that right when because we tend to be more cranky, and, you know, more reactive with their children, or or co-workers, whatever it might be. But so for us, we really expanded on all those things because I think that that's pretty eye opening, and I think it's so easy to say, oh, you know, that's something that I should do. But I don't I don't really think it's making a big difference in my life. So we go through all those benefits. And then we we get really real about what the challenges are. Because we know. I mean, we we see it all the time with the clients, we interact with, but we also have seen it and experienced these challenges our selves, and even the people who have been really advocating for good sleep in the past, you know, year, or so and everything that we talk about everything that we do. And in our little like there are still those nights from like lawn, but he would sit on the couch me on this just stay here. They went one more hour won't hurt us. And so it's the struggle. Right. We all face. So we go through those challenges and then the last week. Of course, we really walk people through cutting you create ritual for good habits because so much of the work that I do is around helping people form habits and the directions that they want to go. So that if we know that maybe alcohol was something we want to change your life. How do we create a habit? So that alcohol use works for us and our decisions.."
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Had created a twenty one day. Course, it's called make healthy habit. Twenty one days to better sleep. And of course, that people can watch the comfort of their own home where we really talk through all of the benefits of leap and somebody's like, oh, well, why would you start there? Like isn't. We all know that leap is good for us. But I've got to be honest. You know, before I really started reading all the research on sleep. I thought it was like something that was nice but not necessary. And then I was like, oh, wait what like this matter in this matter, and it's going to increase my risk for cancer and heart attacks and stroke, and all these sorts of things, and I started reading more and more on not only the health implications. But then also like factors like when we're we're even just sleep deprived by a single night or single our in one night that that can actually reduce our immune cells in our function. So we're more likely to get sick. Or that it reduces our likeability, and we can all probably. Late that right when because we tend to be more cranky, and, you know, more reactive with their children, or or co-workers, whatever it might be. But so for us, we really expanded on all those things because I think that that's pretty eye opening, and I think it's so easy to say, oh, you know, that's something that I should do. But I don't I don't really think it's making a big difference in my life. So we go through all those benefits. And then we we get really real about what the challenges are. Because we know. I mean, we we see it all the time with the clients, we interact with, but we also have seen it and experienced these challenges our selves, and even the people who have been really advocating for good sleep in the past, you know, year, or so and everything that we talk about everything that we do. And in our little like there are still those nights from like lawn, but he would sit on the couch me on this just stay here. They went one more hour won't hurt us. And so it's the struggle. Right. We all face. So we go through those challenges and then the last week. Of course, we really walk people through cutting you create ritual for good habits because so much of the work that I do is around helping people form habits and the directions that they want to go. So that if we know that maybe alcohol was something we want to change your life. How do we create a habit? So that alcohol use works for us and our decisions..


The sixth addition to Olympus' PRO range of lenses is the M.Zuiko 12-100mm f/4. With its versatile focal range and constant f/4 aperture, it is the perfect choice for those who enjoy photographing a wide variety of genres, from landscapes to portraits to street. For the same reason, it is also an ideal travel zoom.
Like the M.Zuiko 25mm f/1.2 PRO which we reviewed last week, we had the chance to test the 12-100mm for a month on the E-M1 and E-M1 II during our Christmas vacation in Italy and France. All our findings have been summarised in the video review posted below.
Below you can watch our video review of the M.Zuiko 12-100mm f/4 PRO. It contains all the most important information about the lens, including the design, build quality, optical quality, autofocus performance, and some extra considerations.
There is very little to criticise about the M.Zuiko 12-100mm f/4, at least in terms of optical quality and performance.
The only caveat is that it is too large and heavy to be used comfortably on smaller Micro Four Thirds bodies such as those from the Olympus Pen or Panasonic GF/mid-range GX line-ups, but it was designed to be used on more professional bodies such as the OM-D range anyway.
I could also mention the price, which was around $1300 at the time of its release, but it is justified by the solid weatherproof build, superior optical quality, flexible zoom range, constant aperture, fast and silent autofocusing, and impressive optical stabilisation. Were I to choose one all-purpose zoom for the system, this would most certainly be it.


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Are News-Making 'Signs of the End Times' Bogus?
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Some definitely are—while others that are real have gone unnoticed.
By Joel Hilliker • November 7, 2018
Millions of people are seeing the "end times" in the news. This week, one of the most popular news-related websites in the United States, Drudge Report, featured a link to an article from Britain's Mirror.co.uk. The headline: "The THREE Signs That Biblical Prophecies About End of the World and the Messiah Are 'Coming True.'"
The Bible does have prophecies about the end of the world. It uses the phrases "time of the end," "the last days" and "in that day" to describe the same time frame: a period long after the Bible was completed, during which sin would be rampant and the world would plunge into unprecedented catastrophes—world war, supernatural cataclysms and mass destruction. The Bible is where we get the term "apocalyptic."
The sins described in these Bible prophecies certainly feel familiar. So does the increasing danger of nuclear, biological and conventional mass destruction. And the "signs of the end times" are drawing some attention too.
Certainly these three signs from the Mirror are. I was amazed that someone thought this was worth writing, that editors thought it was worth publishing, and Drudge thought it was worth promoting to millions of people.
Sign one: The Red Heifer. For years, some Jewish sects have been looking for the birth of a red heifer. The Temple Institute is an organization that is literally creating the furnishings, tools and clothing described in the Old Testament in anticipation of rebuilding the temple in Jerusalem. These Jews believe that the temple cannot be constructed until a pure red, unblemished heifer is born and sacrificed according to instructions in Numbers 19. This sacrifice is necessary to give ritual purity to the building of the temple. There is now a buzz that such an animal has been born, for the first time in 2,000 years.
Serious people have devoted serious resources and serious time to this effort. They have waited and waited for news of a new heifer that seems to fit the description. And those heifers have come, but after examination, they have been deemed "blemished," for having too many black hairs, for example. Obviously there is also the issue that Palestinian Arabs control the Temple Mount where the Temple Institute plans to rebuild the temple and resume sacrifices. Just mentioning the idea is enough to send them into a violent rage. When a Jewish prime minister so much as visited the Temple Mount, the Palestinians launched four years of increased terrorism that resulted in about 4,000 deaths.
People who deeply believe in the prophecies of the Bible can put all that aside, of course, and even put their lives on the line to expel the Palestinians, remove one of their most important mosques, and rebuild the temple, just so long as they can find a red heifer.
The problem is, this isn't a prophecy of the Bible. This "biblical sign" isn't based on Bible prophecy but on centuries of religious interpretation and traditions of men. It's based on human reasoning. The Bible mentions "red heifer" once, among a long list of other religious rituals. The ashes of this animal plus some cedar, some herbs and something scarlet doesn't magically do anything or purify anything. Those sacrifices symbolized the coming of a sacrifice that would actually purify, cleanse and save all human beings.
To resume those physical sacrifices, according to Old Covenant prescriptions, denies the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. And to consider it a sign of the end time is biblically unsound and ignores actual end-time prophecies.
Sign two: Fish in the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea is so full of salt (about 35 percent) that almost nothing can live in it. Microscopic organisms can live there, but plants and fish can't survive. Until now, it appears. The Mirror quotes an Israeli photojournalist as having captured images of fish in sinkholes at the Dead Sea and states, "Scientists are said to have been shocked to discover the sinkholes rapidly filling up with fish and other forms of life that never used to be sighted." Breaking Israel News states that dropping water levels have caused the formation of freshwater sinkholes.
The photojournalist and others have referred to the presence of fish and other life at the Dead Sea as a fulfillment of Ezekiel 47, which prophesies that the Dead Sea's "waters shall be healed" and that fishermen will catch a wide variety of fish species there.
But again, fish in sinkholes by the Dead Sea do not fulfill Bible prophecy!
Those verses in Ezekiel 47 are part of a long description of a river that flows out of Jerusalem down to the Dead Sea, healing and enlivening everything in its path. The description of this river follows an extended description of reapportioning of land in and around Jerusalem, a new temple being built, and a just, righteous government being established.
This idea that some fish swimming in sinkholes at the Dead Sea fulfills the futuristic vision that God gave Ezekiel is neither biblical nor logical. It requires a deep dive not into Ezekiel's prophecy, but into human ideas and speculative reasoning.
Sign three: A snake wriggled out of the Wailing Wall. The area is part of the Western Wall of the Temple Mount enclosure. Jews and Christians believe it to be the last remnant of the second temple, which the Roman Empire destroyed in a.d. 70. It is one of the Jews' holiest sites. Last week, worshipers there saw a snake emerge from between the stone blocks of the Wailing Wall and frighten away a pigeon. A man got a ladder and fetched the snake, and that was the end of the episode.
The Mirror cited "some bloggers" as saying the snake "is a symbol that we are living in 'dangerous times.' They say these times lead up to the coming of the Messiah." It cites another reputable source, "some Internet users," as saying the snake represents the serpent in the Garden of Eden that enticed Adam and Eve to sin against God.
The Bible contains absolutely no prophecies about a snake or a pigeon or a Wailing Wall. This event is as significant in end-time Bible prophecy as a housefly landing on your kitchen counter and taking off again.
Those are the three prophetic signs brought to you by the Mirror, a sensationalist tabloid, in its "Weird News" section. Two of them are backed up by a single Bible verse plucked out of context, and the third is supported by wisps of nothingness.
Yet people are interested. They are curious about end-time Bible prophecy. What a shame that their interest is squandered on false, worthless "prophecies" that divert them from real, honest, in-depth consideration of the actual end-time prophecies of the Bible.
Even in today's secular, Bible-hating society, people have a sense that there's something to Bible prophecy. And that's because there definitely is!
Despite the errors of those who claim to know Bible prophecy, the Bible itself is flawless. It is one of the few religious books that dares to forecast the future, and it is the only one that gets it right. Thousands of years after its prophecies were written, they happen.
Many Christians shy away from this fact, but the Bible contains a lot of prophecy. Jesus Christ Himself prophesied—in detail. Bible prophecy can be difficult to understand. But God hasn't left us to just wander in and out of random, mysterious news that sounds related to Bible prophecy, with no way of understanding if a current event is prophetic or not.
God wants you to understand Bible prophecy.
If only, at the top of Drudge Report next week, this headline appeared: "The FOUR Signs That Biblical Prophecies About the End of the World and the Messiah Are Coming True." If only it linked not to the tabloid content of the Mirror, but to theTrumpet.com. And what would be waiting for the millions of people interested in Bible prophecy who click the link?
This article. With biblically sound explanations of actual signs, straight from Scripture, that would immediately precede Jesus Christ's Second Coming—and that have actually been fulfilled.
If you have any interest in biblical prophecy, this is the article you need to read. Learn what the Bible actually says about the end of the world and the Messiah!
And these are just four end-time prophecies of many you will find in the Bible. Compare them to a few cherrypicked verses, a heifer, some fish and a snake, and I think you'll see which prophecies truly deserve to be front-page news.
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Foreign students arrested at UniZulu for trespassing before lockdown
The students had forcefully occupied locked residences 'with a nonchalant and flippant attitude', says university spokesperson.
University of Zululand. Picture: Supplied
The University of Zululand (Unizulu) has refuted claims by a group of international students, who say they have been left stranded after being evicted from their on-campus residence amid the nationwide lockdown, reports Zululand Observer.
Speaking on behalf of the students, a member of the Unizulu International Students Organisation, who did not want to be named, said ten of the students were arrested on Thursday and charged with trespassing.
'They met with the Dean of Students on Thursday morning but after failing to reach an agreement on accommodation ahead of the lockdown, they requested to meet the vice-chancellor.
"Before a meeting could be confirmed, however, the dean returned in the afternoon with police to evict the students and they were taken to the Mtunzini police station," the spokesperson said.
University spokesperson Gcina Nhleko said the students had forcefully occupied locked residences "with a nonchalant and flippant attitude".
"The university closed its KwaDlangezwa campus on 2 March. The decision taken was as a result of violent student protests.
"Some students continued with violent protest action in defiance of a High Court ruling prohibiting them from doing so. A directive was then issued to students to vacate university residences on the afternoon of 2 March," Nhleko said.
"Those students who remained on campus after this date did so in defiance of a lawful instruction issued by the university management," she said.
After refusing to vacate the premises, a case of trespassing and damage to property was opened.
"Nevertheless, in an effort to assist some of the foreign students who could not travel to their countries, the Dean of Students had arranged off-campus accommodation. Despite these efforts, the students in question decided to move back to the main campus in defiance of the directives.
"Following a police operation which led to their arrest, it became evident that the residence was being used to harbour couples in some instances. A pregnant woman who is not a student was also reportedly taken into custody with the other students.
"The university had taken a decision to assist the students by contacting their embassies in light of the pending lockdown. After initially agreeing to cooperate, the students made themselves unavailable when the transport arrived," Nhleko said.
The students have, however, been released on R500 bail each and will again appear in court in April.
"They have found accommodation in various homes until the lockdown ends and the university reopens," said the member of the International Students Organisation.
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Brasil 1 restarts VOR today
After five days spent repairing structural damage to the deck, team Brasil 1 will be back racing again today
The latest news from Brasil 1 VOR team is that they will restart the race from South Africa today at 10 am (local time Brasilia), exactly five days after it moored in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
Skipper Torben Grael confirmed that the damage, sustained in the first 48 hours of the second leg of the round-the-world-race, has been repaired in order for the crew to sail the approximate 6,000 nautical miles (11,100 kilometers) to Melbourne, Australia.
Grael commented: "The Brasil 1 will be back even stronger. Of course we are behind but we are competing in the Volvo Ocean Race to sail around the world and that's what we will do. Furthermore, sailing to Melbourne will be an excellent opportunity to regain our confidence in the boat and learn more about how to make the most of these conditions."
The crew is overjoyed to be returning to the ocean. Knut Frostad commented: "We have made some friends here. Chuny traded in his Brasil 1 cap for 'calamares' while Marcelo cooked our already traditional barbeque. The people at the Yacht Club were amazing and helped us a lot but we are tired of waking up in a hotel room and rushing over to an internet cafe to find out the latest race news."
The Brasil 1 will spend the next two weeks sailing and should arrive in Melbourne before the end of the month, a few days before the in-port race, which is scheduled for the 4 February.


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NOAA Helps UT Marine Science Institute Rebound from Hurricane Harvey
Construction workers rebuilding the UT Marine Science Institute in May 2019.
PORT ARANSAS, Texas – After more than two years of roof repairs, window installations and building reinforcements, the scientists, staff members and students at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute (UTMSI) have an end in sight for their ongoing effort to rebuild after Hurricane Harvey, thanks to help from the U.S. Congress.
Newly awarded funding of $11.7 million — authorized through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for the recovery effort at UTMSI and other hurricane-damaged sites across the country — will allow the institute to complete repairs and renovations to remaining facilities, including a popular visitors center and the institute's mission-critical research pier.
"We are grateful to Congress for these funds. Rebuilding for the future has taken a combination of support from the university, insurance, state and federal government and our generous donors," said Robert Dickey, UTMSI's director and a professor of marine science. "This final piece of the puzzle will help us get over the finish line."
Hurricane Harvey caused more than $45 million in damage to the institute, affecting all 70 buildings maintained by the oldest marine research facility on the Texas coast. After the storm, researchers and students came back to labs filled with standing water and destroyed samples. The institute has since replaced more than three football fields' worth of roofing.
UTMSI also manages and operates the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve, a federal and state partnership between NOAA and The University of Texas at Austin. The reserve is responsible for monitoring coastal water conditions, educating the public and conducting scientific research, as one of nine university-affiliated reserves supported by NOAA in the National Estuarine Research Reserve system.
Mission-Reserve facilities on the main campus in Port Aransas, at the Bay Education Center in Rockport and at Fennessey Ranch in Refugio were among the spots damaged in the storm. The eye of the hurricane went directly over the Mission-Aransas estuary and in the process uprooted seagrass beds and redistributing sand dunes. As early as two weeks after the storm, university researchers took to the water to measure the impact of the storm on habitats and fisheries.
The newly awarded $11.7 million will be used to support and supplement the repair or rebuilding of research and education infrastructure, including at a research pier that has had to operate at limited capacity and at monitoring stations in the bay. A visitor center, adjacent exhibits and trails, student housing and buildings that support the Amos Rehabilitation Keep — an animal rehabilitation facility for sea turtles and birds — will also receive repairs.
UTMSI previously reached tens of thousands of visitors annually, but since Harvey, its visitor facilities have been closed, and K-12 education programs have been operating at a more limited capacity. The newly awarded funds will help the institute and the reserve return to full operations and reopen on-site marine science education programs to visitors from throughout Texas and beyond.
"The Marine Science Institute has invested decades conducting vital research on the Texas coast, monitoring coastal conditions and engaging the public with efforts to understand and preserve the unique ecosystem along the Gulf," said Paul Goldbart, dean of UT Austin's College of Natural Sciences. "With leadership from Bob Dickey, hard and creative work by devoted faculty and staff and this new infusion of funding, UTMSI is primed to expand its engagement with Texas communities as it continues its critically important research and education."
In August 2017, Hurricane Harvey made landfall with 130-mile-per-hour winds that destroyed six buildings at UTMSI and many others in the Rockport-Port Aransas community. Last year, some laboratories reopened to scientists and students, and progress toward recovery has been ongoing, including thanks to recent support from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) to repair a large laboratory building and establish a new Center for Coastal Ocean Science.
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So I'll take this beat I should delete to exercise.
No, I move slow. I want to stop time.
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The Museum That Will Blow You Away ... Literally
Wind pumps on display in Loeriesfontein, South Africa.
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Because Loeriesfontein's worth a visit just for this.
By Nick Dall
The Daily Dose MAY 08 2017
Nimric. Star. Dandy. Hercules. Atlas. Mogul. Beatty Pumper. These are just some of the names of the 31 well-oiled wind pumps that scatter the grounds of the Fred Turner Museum in tiny Loeriesfontein, South Africa. Trying to think of the second-coolest thing to do in this dusty, windswept dorp (Afrikaans for "town") may take a while. But there's no doubt that the wind pump display is Loeriesfontein's No. 1 attraction.
Before you ask, let's clear one thing up. Windmills harness wind power to grind corn or wheat into flour. Wind pumps make use of exactly the same principle to draw groundwater to the surface. "Without wind pumps, much of South Africa's parched hinterland wouldn't be habitable," explains Floors Brand, the chairman of the committee of volunteers that keeps the museum going.
The display at Loeriesfontein is one of only three in the world (the others are in Texas and Canada), and there's a lot more to it than trippy photo ops of flotillas of steel sails navigating cloudless skies — although those are an obvious draw.
Your guide will turn up to regale you with fascinating tales of the hardships faced by the trekboers and heartfelt stories about favorite wind pumps.
Entrance to the museum is free (but donations are very welcome), and it is open all year round, Monday to Saturday. That said, there are two very distinct "seasons." In August and September, the museum is open from 9 to 5. This is when huge swaths of South Africa's west coast erupt in a magnificent floral display of oranges, yellows, whites and pinks, drawing visitors from all over the world. It's no accident that the Hantam region is named after a Khoi word meaning "mountains where the bulbs grow."
For the other 10 months of the year, the museum is unstaffed. But there's a list of names on the gate you can call, and, minutes later — there's no such thing as gridlock in Loeriesfontein — your guide will turn up to regale you with fascinating tales of the hardships faced by the trekboers (nomadic farmers of mostly Dutch descent) and heartfelt stories about favorite wind pumps.
The indoor component of the museum has previously housed a hospital, a school and a Baptist church — the bland, tiled immersion font looks rather odd among all the family bibles, traditional furniture and ox wagons. There's even a rhino skull in there.
Spring flowers at Loeriesfontein
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The wind pumps occupy a smallish patch of scrubland at the back of the museum. The collection, a good variety of specimens, has been donated from all over South Africa and lovingly reassembled by a local mechanic. Some of the oldest pumps on display are not wind-powered — one is driven by donkeys, others are hand-operated. The museum's oldest pump is an 1892 Dandy, which was manufactured in Batavia, Illinois. With the exception of the locally manufactured Gearing, most of the early wind pumps were imported — from America, Canada, England and Australia. That all changed when World War II broke out and the local industry was born. Since then, the Climax, a British pump adapted for South African conditions and manufactured under license, has dominated the South African market. Between 1944 and 1973 alone, 150,000 units were sold.
Over the years, I must have driven past at least half that number, but this is the first time I've ever given them much thought. Road trips are about to get a whole lot more interesting for me.
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Missouri 'Jewish Whisper' Candidate's Aide Also Commits Suicide
Missouri 'Jewish Whisper' Candidate's Aide…
Less than a month after the suicide of Missouri's state auditor, one of the official's top aides has also been found dead in what appears to be a suicide, police said Monday.
Robert "Spence" Jackson, 45, was found dead Sunday evening in the bedroom of his apartment in Jefferson City, apparently having killed himself with a gun, Jefferson City police said in a statement.
Jackson was a veteran of Republican state politics and at the time of his death was embroiled in in-party fighting, having called for the resignation of the party's state chairman.
His apparent suicide comes less than a month after his boss,
Missouri State Auditor Tom Schweich, also shot himself to death at his home in suburban St. Louis.
Schweich, 54, had been re-elected in November after serving for four years and announced in January that he would seek his party's nomination for governor.
His death on Feb. 26 came after he had complained about the tactics of rival Republicans in the primary campaign.
Police said they were still investigating the circumstances of Jackson's death. An autopsy is planned for Monday.
A spokeswoman at the Missouri State Auditor's office said the office had no comment about Jackson's death.
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Serum microRNAs (miRNAs) are a novel class of diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for numerous cancers. However, the level and clinical relevance of circulating miR-205 transcripts in human serum of cervical cancer patients are unclear. The purpose of this study was to determine serum miR-205 levels in cervical cancer patients and explore its association with clinicopathological factors and prognosis.
Serum miR-205 expression was investigated in 60 cervical cancer patients and 60 healthy normal controls by using real-time PCR. Correlations between miR-205 expression and the clinicopathological features and prognosis of cervical cancer patients were then evaluated. Receiver operating characteristic curves were used to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of serum miR-205.
Serum miR-205 was significantly upregulated in cervical cancer patients compared with healthy donors (p < 0.01), and a high level of miR-205 expression was correlated with poor tumor differentiation (p = 0.009), lymph node metastasis (p = 0.015) and increased tumor stage (p = 0.001). The serum miR-205 level was capable of separating advanced stage from early stage metastatic cervical cancer from non-metastatic samples and poorly differentiated tumors from differentiated tumors with an area under the curve values of 0.74, 0.694 and 0.717, respectively. The expression of miR-205 was also higher in the cervical cancer tissues compared with the para-carcinoma tissues. In addition, Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed that cervical cancer patients with high miR-205 expression tended to have shorter overall survival. In multivariate Cox regression analysis, miR-205 was identified as an independent prognostic marker.
Serum miR-205, which is upregulated in cervical cancer, represents a predictive biomarker for the prognosis of cervical cancer patients.
Cervical cancer, one the most commonly malignant tumors, has become a major health problem for women worldwide, particularly in developing countries ,. Cervical cancer develops step-by-step and involves a sequential progression from normal cervical epithelium to preneoplastic cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and then to invasive cervical cancer . Increasing evidences showed that early detection by testing for high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical papilloma smears have reduced cervical cancer mortality. However, these methods do not detedted the development of cervical cancer directly . Therefore, new and less invasive biomarkers are needed to improve the detection and prognostic outcome of cervical cancer.
MicroRNAs (miRNAs), small non-coding RNA molecules, play a central role in post-transcriptional gene regulation by binding to a target site in the 3'-UTR of target mRNAs . MiRNAs are involved in pathological and physiological activities . In recent years, the relationship between miRNA and cancer has become a research focus. Tumor initiation and progression is related to altered expression of miRNAs . MiRNAs are not only expressed in cancer tissues but also in sera ,. Further investigation confirmed that circulating miRNAs can originate from cancer tissues and are highly stable in serum and plasma . As a result, circulating miRNAs have been exploited as a diagnostic tool for early cancer detection, risk assessment and prognosis .
MiR-205 acts as an oncogene by modulating the expression of multiple cancer-related target genes . In addition, miR-205 is significantly overexpressed in human cervical cancer tissues and promotes proliferation and migration of cervical cancer cells by targeting CYR61 and CTGF . Circulating miR-205 has been reported as a biomarker for the detection and diagnosis of lung cancer, particularly at its very early stage . However, the clinical significance of circulating miR-205 levels in cervical cancer remains unclear. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate whether serum miR-205 was capable of acting as a diagnostic and prognostic biomarker for cervical cancer patients. Here, we report that serum miR-205 is upregulated in cervical cancer and represents a predictive biomarker for the prognosis of cervical cancer patients.
MiR-205 expression was significantly higher in human cervical cancer than in normal tissue, and it also promotes cervical cancer cell proliferation and migration . Therefore, the level of miR-205 was determined in the serum of the cervical cancer patients. The results showed that among the 60 cervical cancer samples analyzed, serum miR-205 was upregulated 5.74-fold in cervical cancer patients compared with the level in healthy donors. Summarized data from all individuals indicated that the relative expression of miR-205 in cervical cancer patients' serum (1.18 ± 0.57) was significantly higher than that in healthy donors' serum (0.2 ± 0.12) (P < 0.01, Figure 1).
Expression analysis of miR-205 in the serum of cervical cancer patients. The expression of miR-205 in cervical cancer patient serum was higher that in normal controls (P < 0.01).
To further demonstrate the role of miR-205 in cervical cancer, its expression was measured in cervical cancer tissues. As shown in Figure 2, the miR-205 expression was significantly increased (>3-fold higher) in cervical cancer tissues (n = 3) compared with paracancerous tissues (n = 3) (p < 0.01), which is consistent with an oncogenic role of miR-205.
The expression of miR-205 in cervical cancer tissues. qPCR results showed that miR-205 expression was considerably higher in the cervical cancer tissues compared with para-carcinoma tissues (**P < 0.01).
To better understand the potential roles of serum miR-205 in cervical cancer development and progression, the relationships between miR-205 and various clinical features of cervical cancer were determined. In the present study, the average fold change of miR-205 (miR-205 in serum of cervical cancer patient compared with healthy donors) was 5.74-fold. The average fold change was used as the threshold, and patients were separated into high expression (above 5.74-fold) and low expression (below 5.74-fold) groups. As shown in Table 1, miR-205 expression was significantly higher in the serum of patients with advanced FIGO stage cervical cancer than those with early FIGO stage (P = 0.001, Table 1). The expression of miR-205 in lymph node metastasis-positive patients was significantly increased compared to that in lymph node metastasis-negative patients (P = 0.015, Table 1). There was a tendency for less well differentiated tumors to express higher levels of miR-205 (P = 0.009, Table 1). However, there was no correlation between miR-205 expression and other clinical features, such as age and HPV infection.
To further evaluate whether serum miR-205 levels were associated with cervical cancer prognosis, we performed survival analysis. The survival period of the patients was defined as the duration from the time of surgery to death, or to the last follow-up day. As shown in Figure 3, cervical cancer patients with higher miR-205 expression had significantly poorer survival than those with lower expression of miR-205 (log-rank test: P = 0.003). The 5-year overall survival rate in cervical cancer patients with lower serum miR-205 expression was 53.33%, whereas that of patients with higher miR-205 expression was 16.67%. To determine the possibility of serum miR-205 as an independent risk factor for poor prognosis, both clinicopathological factors and the level of serum miR-205 expression were evaluated by multivariate Cox regression analysis. The results showed that lymph node metastasis and high level of serum miR-205 were independent factors to predict the overall survival of cervical cancer patients (Table 2).
Kaplan-Meier survival curves of cervical cancer patients. The 5-year overall survival rate of cervical cancer patients with high serum miR-205 expression (16.67%) was significantly lower than that of cervical cancer patients with low serum miR-205 expression (53.33%, P = 0.003).
95% CI: 95% confidence interval. *P < 0.05.
The specificity and sensitivity of miR-205 as a cervical cancer prognosis biomarker was calculated by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. ROC analysis revealed that miR-205 had a sensitivity of 76.5%, a specificity of 73.1% and an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.74 (p = 0.002, Figure 4A) when comparing stages Ib ~ IIa and stage IIb ~ IIIa. MiR-205 had an AUC of 0.694 with a sensitivity of 71.1% and specificity of 72.7% (p = 0.013, Figure 4B) for separation of metastatic cervical cancer from non-metastatic samples. ROC curve analysis also revealed that serum miR-205 was a valuable biomarker to distinguish well to moderately differentiated from poorly differentiation tumors, with a sensitivity of 76.5%, a specificity of 73.1% and an AUC of 0.717 (p = 0.004, Figure 4C). The cut-off value was 0.995 with the highest specificity and sensitivity. Taken together, this analysis revealed that serum miR-205 is a novel and efficient biomarker for cervical cancer prognosis.
Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was performed to determine the sensitivity and specificity of the miR-205 expression level using area under the ROC curve (AUC) analysis. (A) Separating stages Ib ~ IIa from stage IIb ~ IIIa. (B) Separating metastatic cervical cancer from non-metastatic samples. (C) Separating well to moderately differentiated from poorly differentiated.
Increasing evidence shows that serum miRNAs are promising novel biomarkers for the diagnosis and prognosis of cancer . In this study, we first confirmed by qPCR that miR-205 levels are significantly higher in the serum of cervical cancer patients, and that a high level of miR-205 expression correlated with poor tumor differentiation, lymph node metastasis and increased tumor stage. Notably, patients with high serum miR-205 levels had a significantly lower survival rate than those with low expression levels, and serum miR-205 was an independent risk factor for poor prognosis. These results suggested that serum miR-205 could be used as a potential predictor of prognosis in cervical cancer.
MiR-205 is frequently dysregulated in many cancers and acts as a tumor suppressor or an oncogene depending on cellular context . In cervical cancer, miR-205 functions as an oncogene, promoting proliferation and migration of cancer cells . Our findings are suggestive of an oncogenic role for miR-205, with higher circulating expression of miR-205 in cervical cancer patients with a lower survival rate. In this study, we identified that miR-205 expression was significantly increased in cervical cancer tissues compared with paracancerous tissues. In addition, we confirmed, for the first time, that cervical cancer patients had significantly elevated miR-205 levels in their serum samples. This may be explained by miR-205 being released from cervical cancer cells into the peripheral blood, which is consistent with previous reports . An increase in serum miR-205 may create a cancer- and metastasis-promoting environment. Thus, high levels of miR-205 expression were correlated with poor tumor differentiation, metastasis and increased tumor stage.
Tumor tissue miR-205 or serum miR-205 are associated with the development and prognosis of tumors . Lebanony et al. reported that miR-205 in tissue samples is a highly accurate marker for distinguishing squamous from nonsquamous non-small-cell lung carcinoma . Moreover, the downregulation of miR-205 expression in colorectal cancer tissue could predict the risk of lymph node metastasis . Circulating miR-205 and let-7f together are diagnostic biomarkers for ovarian cancer . Aushev et al. revealed that the level of plasma miR-205 strikingly decreased in patients after removal of lung squamous cell carcinoma . We also assessed whether the miR-205 expression level could function as a tumor marker to distinguish advanced stage from early stage, metastatic cervical cancer from non-metastatic samples and poorly differentiated tumors from differentiated tumors. We found serum miR-205 was a valuable biomarker for cervical cancer patients.
Metastatic spread to regional lymph nodes is considered the most important prognostic factor in patients with cervical cancer . Currently, serum miRNAs have been used to identify lymph node metastasis (LNM) in cervical cancer patients. Zhao et al. reported that miR-20a might be a potential biomarker for detecting the lymph node status of cervical cancer patients, with an AUC of 0.734, a sensitivity of 75% and a specificity of 72.5% . The comprehensive set of serum miRNAs (miR-1246, miR-20a, miR-2392, miR-3147, miR-3162-5p and miR-4484) have great potential to serve as potential biomarkers for LNM in early-stage squamous cell carcinoma, with an AUC of 0.992, a sensitivity of 0.967 and a specificity of 0.950 . In this study, our analysis suggested that serum miR-205 might be a novel biomarker for detecting LNM in cervical cancer patients. Our data also revealed that high levels of serum miR-205 and LNM are independent predictors of poor prognosis. Therefore, as a potential prognostic biomarker in cervical cancer, the use of miR-205 might improve patients' risk stratification and guide their treatment.
We observed that serum miR-205 levels could distinguish patients with cervical cancer from healthy controls. The concentration of circulating miR-205 may be an important blood biomarker for cervical cancer screening and represents a potentially useful biomarker for disease progression. The present data suggested that miR-205 might be a valuable circulating marker for cervical cancer with the potential to be translated into clinical applications.
Cervical cancer patients who underwent surgery between January 2008 and August 2012 in Jiangsu Province hospital on Integration of Chinese and Western Medicine were enrolled in the present study. No patients had preoperative chemotherapy, radiotherapy or other treatment history or other inflammatory diseases. The 60 enrolled patients were aged from 34 to 71 years, with a median age of 51 years. The pathological diagnosis of all 60 cervical cancer patients was cervical squamous cell carcinoma. The 60 control subjects were age-matched, healthy volunteers with no current or previous malignancy. All enrolled individuals gave their informed consent, and the Ethical and Scientific Committees of the hospital approved this study. The degree of differentiation was well to moderately differentiated in 27 cases, and poorly differentiated in 33 cases. Thirty-eight cases had lymph node metastases, while 22 cases did not have lymph node metastases. The clinical stage determined was according to the International League of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO, 2009). Twenty-six stage Ib ~ IIa cases were grouped as early stage, and a total of 34 stage IIb ~ IIIa cases were grouped as late stage. The clinicopathological information of the patients was summarized in Table 1.
Blood samples were collected in red tiger-top gel separator tubes (Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Waltham, MA, USA) from patients or healthy donors. All samples were processed within 2–5 h after collection as follows: the serum was separated by centrifugation at 1,200 × g at 4°C for 20 min and passed through a 13-mm serum filter (Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.). Serum was divided into aliquots and flash frozen at −80°C until total RNA isolation.
The non-tumor counterparts were obtained from a section of the resected specimen at the farthest distance from tumor (>2 cm from the tumor). Tumor and adjacent non-tumor samples were collected at the time of the curative surgery. Resected specimens were routinely processed for histopathological assessment. Each cervical tissue sample (approximately 100 mg) was used for microRNA measurement.
The Trizol reagent (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA) was used to extract total RNA from tissue, according to the manufacturer's instructions. The miRNeasy Serum/Plasma Kit (Qiagen, Valencia, CA, USA) was used to purify RNA from serum samples according to the manufacture's instructions. The yields of total RNA were 150–300 ng per 400 μl of serum. For qPCR, miRNA-specific TaqMan MicroRNA Assays (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA) for miR-16 (reference miR for serum), U6 (reference miR for tissue) and miR-205 were performed, as described by the manufacturer. Briefly, 100 ng of total RNA was reverse transcribed using primers specific to each miRNA target, followed by real-time PCR using an Applied Biosystems 7000 Sequence Detection System.
The average expression levels of miR-205 were normalized against miR-16 or U6 using the 2-ΔCt method. Differences between the groups were presented as ΔCt, indicating the difference between the Ct value of miR-205 and the Ct value of miR-16 or U6. To ensure consistent measurements throughout all assays, for each PCR amplification reaction, three independent RNA samples were loaded as internal controls to account for any plate-to-plate variation, and the results from each plate were normalized against internal normalization controls.
Statistical analyses were performed using statistical analysis software SPSS 13.0. Data were expressed as the mean ± SD. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to determine the statistical differences among the groups. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to estimate survival rates. A multivariate analysis of the independent prognostic factors was conducted using the Cox proportional hazards model. A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was also constructed to evaluate the specificity and sensitivity of distinguishing advanced stage from early stage, metastatic cervical cancer from non-metastatic samples, and poorly differentiated tumors from differentiated tumors by miR-205 expression levels. A P value < 0.05 was deemed significant. A P value < 0.01 was deemed highly significant.
QM carried out the molecular genetic studies and provided conception and design. GW and SW participated in data acquisition. WY participated in the sequence alignment. JZ contributed to statistical analysis. XY drafted the manuscript and participated in data analysis and interpretation. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.


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The Tories' turn in Canada
Stephen Harper's Conservative party won this week's general election in Canada, replacing a tired Liberal party that has been in office for a dozen years. But with only a minority in parliament, Mr Harper's Tories face a tough task themselves
WHEN Paul Martin took over as Canada's prime minister, barely two years ago, the omens were auspicious enough. The economy was growing nicely after a series of shocks, the budget was in fine trim (thanks largely to his earlier efforts as finance minister), and the Conservative opposition was divided and hapless. With little to disrupt the electorate's long love affair with the Liberals he seemed set on a lengthy stay in office. But on Monday January 23rd, Canada's voters sent his Liberal party packing. For the first time in 12 years a Conservative will lead the government.
Stephen Harper, the leader of the newly-revitalised Conservative Party and the incoming prime minister, is a novelty. He is the first leader in recent memory who neither hails from Quebec, nor represents a Québécois district (though he seems to have been brushing up on his French). Although he was born in Toronto, Mr Harper is a westerner by adoption, and his electoral base is in Calgary, Alberta. Given the cultural, political, and economic rifts between the resource-rich western provinces and the rest of the country, this will make for quite a change.
It is not clear, however, how much difference Mr Harper will be able to make once he is sworn in. Like his predecessor, Mr Harper will lead a minority government, though it is not obvious how long it will survive. He will not have to contend with the lingering whiff of scandal, but in some ways his problems are even trickier. He takes power with his party holding only 124 out of 308 parliamentary seats, even fewer than Mr Martin's held after the June 2004 election. This makes him more dependent on other parties to get his policies through parliament.
But unlike the Grits, who could look to the leftist New Democratic Party for support — at least as long as they agreed to keep ratcheting up spending — the Tories have no natural allies in parliament. Mr Harper will probably be forced to make deep concessions to the Bloc Québécois, which holds 51 seats, in order to get any legislation passed. But given the resentment that already exists in the rest of Canada over Quebec's special treatment, such an alliance may dent Mr Harper's prospects in a future election.
Mr Harper sounds elated, albeit in a polite, Canadian sort of way. He used much of his victory speech to assure the public he is a moderate sort of chap who believes his opponents, despite a relatively bitter campaign, are really swell fellows. He has not let his government's minority status stop him from pledging big change, starting with an anti-corruption Federal Accountability Act, which he promises will "clean up Ottawa".
Many of his policy priorities sound like standard policies of Conservative parties throughout the English-speaking world. He promises lower taxes, starting with a cut in the Goods and Services Tax (GST), an unpopular value-added levy that targets consumption. Law and order is also a priority: the Conservatives want mandatory sentencing rules for drug and violent crimes and a DNA databank to make it easier to nab sex offenders. They also want to loosen Canada's gun laws, with any money saved to be used for more police.
Mr Harper managed to blunt fears that he will be a more northerly George Bush. But he is keen on new social service proposals, starting with giving families C$100 ($87) per month for every child under the age of six. Parents will qualify for the credit whether they buy child care, or subsidise mum to stay at home. The proposal has proven popular. So has Mr Harper's pledge to reduce waiting times for medical services in the national health service.
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A warmer relationship with the big country next door is likely. Under Mr Chrétien, and then Mr Martin, ties with America have been somewhat fraught, particularly after the September 11th terrorist attacks in 2001 turned foreign policy and domestic security laws into major issues. Mr Harper has taken care not to appear too friendly with Mr Bush's administration, which is unpopular in Canada. On the campaign trail he accused Mr Martin of not being aggressive enough in pressing Canada's side of a long-running dispute with America over softwood lumber exports. But he is expected to be on much better terms with America compared with Mr Martin, who at times during the campaign seemed to be running against Mr Bush rather than Mr Harper.
That might be good news for Canadians, who sell most of their exports next door. Friendlier co-operation should ensure Canada does not suffer much if America continues to tighten its borders in response to fears of terrorism.
Equally important Mr Harper is aiming for better relations with alienated provinces within Canada. His victory speech unequivocally heralded the interests of angry westerners: "To the people of the West, let me say one thing and let me be clear: the West is now in. Canada will work for all of us." At the same time he is looking to rebuild federalism in Quebec, where separatist sentiment is rising again. He is trying to cast himself as a uniter, even thanking deeply liberal Ontario for a modest increase in support for the Conservatives, and promising that "the result tonight signals a change of government, not a change of country".
If Mr Harper can knit these divided regions back together he will make it easier for his party to secure a majority in the next election. The success of the Bloc Québécois has made it increasingly difficult for either of the two major parties to secure a majority, since getting 155 seats requires the winning party to make deep inroads into the other party's strongholds. Mr Harper may say the grand things about healing divisions between east and west, and between speakers of French and English, but with only 124 seats at his disposal, he will be lucky if he just avoids another early election.


Bariatric surgery has evolved dramatically since it was first developed in the 1960s to manage morbid obesity. With all that's changed, it's important to understand patient eligibility requirements as well as what the myths are.
How has bariatric surgery changed in the last decade?
One of the more significant changes has been the introduction of laparoscopic bariatric procedures. We're now using special endoscopic instruments that require only five or six small incisions versus the open surgery, which means an incision from below the breastbone to above the navel. Though the techniques are similar, the laparoscopic approach may mean less postoperative pain and fewer wound complications, which help patients return to their daily activities faster.
We're also performing the StomaphyX procedure, an endoscopic technique for patients who've had bariatric surgery in the past but who've regained their weight. It lets us suction a small section of the stomach and create a plication to help reduce stomach pouch volume.
We're often asked about safety. The reality is that the risk of being morbidly obese is far greater than the risk of surgery. In centers of excellence, the death rate is less than 1 percent; at Johns Hopkins it's less than 0.5 percent. A recent New England Journal of Medicine article also reported a 40 percent reduction in mortality seven years following gastric bypass compared with those who remained morbidly obese.
Bariatric procedures are not performed for cosmetic reasons but to improve overall health. Patients must have a body mass index of at least 35 and a medical problem related to obesity. They must be willing to commit to healthy eating and exercise. These operations really are tools to help patients lose weight, so behavior modification is extremely important to overall success. The best programs address weight loss from all angles—behavioral, physical, medical and surgical.
We've shown that with current procedures, outcomes are excellent and safe and much improved over results in the past. We've refined the techniques and created clinical pathways that look at treatment every step of the way. What's especially compelling is that after gastric bypass, patients lose 70 percent of their excess weight, and more than 70 percent of patients who have diabetes are able to discontinue their medications—including insulin. And, bariatric surgery has been shown to resolve other comorbidities as well and result in improved quality of life and overall health.


I always like to keep a supply of note cards in a pretty box – they are so useful as little hostess gifts when friends ask you round for supper, or as a little extra when a birthday card isn't quite enough.
The Jane Davenport Sea Flower die is ideal as it can be used for lots of different occasions! My top tip for making them is to use a theme that ties all of the notelets together – either using one die set or stamp and then add different sentiments, just as I have done here. Doing this, ensures they all look like a set, rather than a random assortment of cards.
Top Tip: Keep the note cards flat (this means not using any adhesives such as foam pads), this way they'll fit neatly into the box.
1. Start by making the base of your cards – I used an assortment of pastel cardstock to create 4 x 4″ card blanks.
2. Die cut seven of the Sea Flowers from black cardstock.
3. Stamp different sentiments onto each card using black ink and the Hampton Arts Celebrate set. Leave to dry, then use a glue pen to adhere the floral die-cut sprays onto the card blank.
4. To keep the notelets safe and sound, create a simple box base and top using the measurements in the attached templates. Cut a piece of the watercolour paper for the top, add then add one of the flower die-cuts followed by a sentiment, finish off with a random placement of sequins.
5. Add an organdie ribbon bow to the side of the box.
5. For an extra-special finishing touch, line your envelopes with watercolour patterned papers; use a pencil to draw a faint line around the top of the envelope onto copy paper, and then cut out using a sharp pair of scissors. Use this as a template when cutting the liners from the watercolour paper.


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Stephen Amell would love to do 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3'
Julia Valenti
Although we have grown to love Stephen Amell as being the green hooded, bow and arrow wielding vigilante that we have all grown to know and love – there is still another 'vigilante' role on his resume that we have also gotten quite attached to; Casey Jones!
Stephen debuted in the role of Casey Jones in the 2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows; a sequel to the 2014 reboot of the original films. In the movie, Stephen's character of Casey Jones was that of a corrections officer who was desperate to earn his detective shield, all while moonlighting as a goalie mask wearing vigilante with a hockey stick.
During a recent panel at Heroes and Villains Fan Fest in San Jose, a fan asked Stephen if he would return to the set if a third film were to be made:
"I would love to do Turtles part three! I'd love to do more Casey Jones stuff. And I have a ton of really, really fun stories from the set, most of which include Will Arnett, and none of which I'm able to talk about right now. Will Arnett can say literally anything and its funny, whatever it is. I love Will. Canadian. Not an accident."
We were all certainly proud of Stephen's performance and would love to see him reprise that role!
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Julia recently published her first novel, titled; Anomic. She is currently co-authoring a novel called 'Snow Falls'. She has a B.A in Communications with concentrations in Professional Writing and Public Relations. She is also in the United States Army Reserves as a Military Police Officer, and is currently in the process of going back to school for her Masters Degree in Business. When she isn't writing, she is co-owner of a film production studio called 'Valentine Productions LLC' and she frequently spends her weekends acting in films, or being a stuntwoman.
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Leonie von Schweinitz on the Fairy Tales that Inspire her
The CEO and Creative Director of Annafie shares some of her magical inspirations.
Fairy tales have remained relevant for hundreds of years, retold in countless different guises to enchant children the world over.
The Annafie collection, just like these timeless tales, is designed to transcend passing trends and to be handed down through the generations. I like to think that with Annafie dresses, we have reinterpreted the traditional smocked style to create something that can be part of many families' stories for years to come.
Many of the Annafie dresses and rompers have "Peter Pan" collars. I love the story of how these came into mainstream fashion. Many assume that Peter Pan was described as wearing such a collar in the original book and play by J.M. Barrie, but in fact his version only described Peter as wearing "cobwebs and leaves". It was a much more recent interpretation of the story—the 1905 production of Peter and Wendy in New York—that gave rise to the term. It's amazing how a single interpretation of what Peter Pan wore has filtered down into the mainstream and remained popular around the world for over a hundred years.
The Thumbelina dress is inspired by Hans Christen Anderson's fairytale of a tiny girl miraculously born into a flower. The Annafie dress named Thumbelina features a pink and green "millefleur" pattern, which literally translates as "thousand flowers". The tiny, densely populated flowers cover the whole dress, from the tiny puff ball sleeves to kick flare cotton skirt. The pattern makes me think of the little enclaves of Kew Gardens that could easily be scenes from Thumbelina.
Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, like many of the great cultural productions, is thought to have been fashioned from folk tales. In the story, Prince Siegfried falls in love with the swan princess, Odette. Under the spell of a sorcerer, Odette spends her days as a swan swimming on a lake of tears and her nights in her beautiful human form. The evenings where the couple court in human form has always made me think of the traditional Toile De Jouy pattern, in which a couple are having a picnic by a lake surrounded by beautiful flowers and wildlife. I imagine the scene to look like the Pen Ponds in Richmond Park on a spring afternoon. The Philomena and Theodora dresses feature this pattern, which has been popular since the 18th Century, endlessly reinterpreted to allow it to transcend fluctuating fashion trends.
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I spent some of my early years growing up in the Bonn area of Germany where the classic Brother's Grimm fairytales were regularly told to children. As with many fairytales, "the goose girl" is not who she appears to be and thanks to a little magic, the spell on her is broken and she is revealed as a princess who lives happily ever after. The goose motif is seen in stories across many cultures, associated with joy, imagination and freedom. These are the qualities that I associate with my core brand value of "letting kids be kids".
Leonie von Schweinitz is CEO and Creative Director of childrenswear brand Annafie
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The inability to pay off business debts such as loans, commercial mortgages, USDA home loan and overdrafts should a key person pass away or suffer a critical illness can lead to financial difficulty for a business. It can even lead to the closure of the business or personal guarantees being called in.
By arranging business loan protection, a sum would be paid to the business in the event of a key person passing away or suffering a critical illness. This will enable the company to repay any debts accounted for by the policy. Some commercial lenders insist business loan protection to be in place but even if they don't, it is something which everyone with business debts should consider.
You may have given the lender a personal guarantee, such as your home, in case the loans cannot be repaid. It is therefore important to ensure the debts would be paid off if you passed away in order to ensure your family are not affected.
Company Ltd are a small-medium sized business who sell clothes and have 1 shareholder. The company arrange a loan of £100,000 and as there is only 1 shareholder, the lender asks for a personal guarantee, should the debt not be repaid. The shareholder gives his family home as the personal guarantee.
Upon discussion with their adviser, the director concludes that if he were to pass away, the business would have to repay the debt because there would be no way the business could carry on running, therefore leaving his family at risk of having to sell their house. To prevent this situation from possibly occurring the company take out a business loan protection policy with the sum assured matching the amount of money borrowed.
Have you made a loan to the business?
Did you know these must be repaid to your estate if you pass away?
It is advisable to include any of these Directors Loan Accounts in the sum assured so that the business can repay these debts immediately.
Can I include critical illness cover?
It is possible for the policy to pay out should you suffer from a critical illness such as cancer, heart attack or stroke. This could allow the business to repay your directors loan account, which will provide you with additional financial security at a potentially stressful, uncertain time.
A key person suffering a critical illness could easily result in a loss of profits and knowledge within a business. Including critical illness cover could mean that some debts can be repaid, resulting in a reduction of outgoings. See Key person cover for more information.
The premiums are paid for by the company, with the policy ideally being written into a Business Trust* to ensure that the proceeds of a claim are available to repay a loan. It is also possible to assign the proceeds of the policy to the lender, we can assist with arranging this.
The premiums are collected by monthly direct debit from the business's account. An annual direct debit payment is also usually an option.


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I am pretty sure that if you are on Twitter, you know about Dan, the man with seemingly endless energy. You'll find his writing many places and on many topics. You'll hear him on the radio on Friday nights. Heck, if you are out in St. Louis, he could be your Uber driver. Opinions sometimes vary on him, but there's no doubt that most everyone has heard the name!
Even though our methodology changed, we are still seeing similar names up high in the list. While you'll see that this account started in February of this year, that was just when VHS split off his baseball info from a personal account. Cardinal Nation is truly blessed with some amazing visual folks and Sim (if you'll allow me to abbreviate) is one of the best. Watching game clips in gif format during the game from this account is always a treat.
John (who does what I do, separates the personal from the baseball) is another one of those that doesn't shy away from a good discussion or even a bad one. He's perfectly willing to be out of the mainstream (or at least out of the Twitter version of that) and defend positions that are going to be challenged. Another one that benefited from our change in methodology, I believe.
Sports reporter/columnist, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and @stltoday. Radio talker for @550KTRS. Trying to read more and tweet less.
Ben is, of course, one of the folks you'll see covering the Cardinals for the Post-Dispatch. He's much broader than that, though, and his Twitter feed will be full of links and thoughts about many other sports, especially those coming out of Columbia. I imagine that's a selling point for many in that area. You'll also find him riding around with Benjamin Hochman in videos put up by the PD talking about all things sports.
Former St. Louis resident and long time fan of the Cardinals and Blues, amateur radio operator and music collector.
It's no secret that Bob is one of the great Cardinal historians on Twitter. He's got a wealth of knowledge having seen a lot of the great players come through St. Louis in person or actively keeping up with them after he left the state. A huge proponent of those coming up through the organization (including, for many years, Tommy Pham), Bob is one that has a good feel for things from top to bottom. I don't think he and I share a mind as much as we used to, but he's still a great one to talk baseball with.
All right, just three more posts! Well, probably four when we take a look at lists a little differently. But you've hung around this long, you might as well come back for more!


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Timber Creek High School installed a video board to achieve and exceed their gameday dreams. Their revenue stream has never been larger or steadier.
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A video board is so much more than meets the eye. For Timber Creek High School, it is a resume-building opportunity for students, a steady revenue stream for the whole school, and a funding source for scholarships.
At this Orlando, Florida, high school, students have taken the reins and are single-handedly putting on shows during football games and other stadium events like soccer, lacrosse and flag football. They are gaining valuable skills and experience with both event production and sports marketing.
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With the help of DSM, TCHS developed a marketing plan to not only pay for their video board in full, but bring in profit year after year to use for other school athletics investments. They also decided to put some of this money toward a scholarship fund to help students with their college educations.
It's the Orange County School District's policy not to pay for video boards, so the booster club needed to raise all the money on their own.
"What set Daktronics apart was Sports Marketing. They gave us structure and guidance on how to go about raising funds,"
said Jim Foulks, Vice President of the TCHS Booster Club.
The club managed to raise $200,000 in just three months, all prior to the installation of the board. Foulks said the school has $40,000 worth of sponsors secured for the next year and expects to boost that number in future years.
TCHS has three tiers of sponsorships, and each tier includes different amounts of airtime and branding impressions.
"DSM provides guidance, but you also need the support of the volunteers and administration," Foulks said about how the community's engagement has helped them.
"Daktronics Sports Marketing was the biggest piece of the puzzle for us, but the curriculum package was big, too."
– Jim Foulks, Vice President of Timber Creek High School Booster Club
TCHS already had a solid production course offering, so they built the Daktronics Curriculum into a TV/news production class, giving the students the opportunity to operate the board and create content. Cameron Stevens, the production teacher, had to teach himself how to use the board as well.
"The students use Display Studio, create ads, do all the music and audio, overall direction and run the boards," Stevens said.
The schools also developed a sports marketing class, where student groups work directly with sponsors. They meet with them to make video advertisements with exactly the content the sponsor wants. This builds professional communication skills that will be valuable to students later in life.
Event production gives non-athlete students a chance to showcase their skills, as well.
On Friday nights, a group of students run the show completely on their own. With 15 total kids, they usually have some work first half and the others work second half. They also rotate between the various jobs of event production – scoring, running camera, switching feeds, etc.
"I am not in the control room with the kids during football games. I coach volleyball at UCF so I'm not available Friday nights. The kids ran it all on their own and for the most part did a great job. We'd run through everything throughout the week, so they were prepared," Stevens said.
Stevens hopes to take the production students to the control room at UCF to see operation at a higher level. This could be a great networking opportunity for students who want to continue event production in college.
If fall sport seasons are cancelled due to COVID-19, Stevens plans to continue having students create content and work with TV projects, so they can keep developing their skills.
Learn more about video boards and how one can benefit your school and community at daktronics.com/whyvideo.
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